Kyurem's Awakening - Innominate *Rising Star Award Champion*
https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/931865-kyurems-awakening
Score by Volund: 25.75/40
Score by Eryp: 23.75/40
Total: 49.5/80
(Including -2.25 x2 late penalty)
Volund CC:
Tbh, you were robbed of a feature here. I can see why it was overlooked, but as a first feature this is better than most people’s first features. Here’s why:
Drawing waves is ******* hard, but you nailed it. So is drawing scenes in icy biomes, but again, you nailed it; the use of whites and greys makes so much sense, and especially zoomed out, you can tell it’s an icy ocean. The hatching you’ve used is really neat, although perhaps a tad overused; I think having a starry night sky would’ve looked better than the awkward-looking horizontal lines in the sky, but I am the resident star spammer of FRHD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the clouds and rocks are gorgeous, and the style in which you drew Kyurem really reminds me of that classic Gen 5 pixelated art style, just incredibly well-done. However, I do think Kyurem needed to be bigger and/or bolder here, like how dante and Coager used double lines on their Pokemon to really make them pop. That being said, I know you restarted with only a couple weeks or so left of the contest, so a great effort considering that.
The ride is quite fun, but the balloon part did sour it. Needing to park it in front of the teleporter for a couple of seconds is tedious, and often resulted in ruining my ghost. Perhaps a shorter time on the Balloon powerup or different placement of the teleporter would have worked better here? Nonetheless, this is a great entry, that with more time could’ve broken into the top 8, maybe even top 5. Keep at it, you’ve got a clean style here; keep developing this!